Thursday, October 22, 2009

Today in our study through Judges,we began seeing how Israel fell into their sin cycle.And discussed, again, how we, too, have sin cycles.What lessons the Holy Spirit teaches usas we read God's Word!

When reading chapter 3 of Judges, there is one judge, in particular, that tends to be remembered a little easier due to the, um,gross-to-us event that happenswhen he visits the king of Moab.

I don't intend to be a story spoiler if you haven't read it(please, feel free to read Judges 3)but it seems to me that most will not forgethow God used Ehud to deliver the Israelitesby loosing his dagger in Eglon's,the fat king of Moab, stomach.(Please know I am not using the term fat to be rude, coarse, unkind, or judgmental... that is simply the term that the LORD used to describe him)Reading how Ehud's daggerwas swallowed by a man's stomachwas a memorable story, indeed!

And it was the story thatthe children drew illustrations of...

It was sad to see how God would deliver the Israelites,yet they would return to their sin and forget Him.May we always be on guard, being diligent to rememberWho the LORD is and what He has done for us.